Economic development agency could get $7.4M cut
A state budget panel is clamping down on one of the state's economic development agencies.
View ArticleEconomic agency’s board names new chairman (UPDATE)
The leaders of Wisconsin's beleaguered job creation agency voted Monday to hire a consultant to review its operations and named a new chairman even as they insisted the agency's problems are in the...
View ArticleBack home, Walker’s economic development agency in disarray
The economic development agency Gov. Scott Walker created to entice a quarter-million jobs to come to Wisconsin ended up with a lot of unwanted baggage: allegations of botched underwriting,...
View ArticleWalker’s jobs agency gave loan despite ‘earmarks of fraud’
Gov. Scott Walker's jobs agency gave a Wisconsin businessman a $1 million loan nine months after a federal judge wrote that other deals involving the person had "all the earmarks of fraud."
View ArticleDevelopment agency staffers leaving as new report outlines failures
The controller and chief spokesman of Wisconsin’s beleaguered job creation agency are leaving at the same time a new report claims its loans went to the politically connected and failed to create...
View ArticleStudy in contrasts: Milwaukee development agency faring better than state...
Amid persistent questioning of Gov. Scott Walker's flagship economic development department, representatives of a similar agency confined to Milwaukee held a meeting Tuesday and discussed an impending...
View ArticleCEO of troubled economic development agency retiring (UPDATE)
The leader of Republican Gov. Scott Walker's troubled economic development agency said Tuesday that he plans to step down next month.
View ArticleGovernor taps bank executive to lead job creation agency (UPDATE)
Gov. Scott Walker has appointed a bank executive who has contributed thousands of dollars to his campaign to a six-figure job leading the state's troubled economic development agency.
View ArticleWalker job-creation officials promise to do better
Officials with Republican Gov. Scott Walker's floundering job-creation agency promised again to do a better job in the wake of another scathing audit and the departure of their second chief officer in...
View ArticleReport: Wisconsin job-creation agency awards up, jobs down
A report finds Wisconsin's troubled job-creation agency handed out more awards last year but created fewer jobs.
View ArticleView from around the state: State should focus on fixes to WEDC
When Scott Walker was first elected governor of Wisconsin, he promised big changes.
View ArticleGreen Bay businessman denies fraud involved in state loan
A Green Bay-area businessman suspected of defrauding Wisconsin's economic development agency says he's behind on loan repayments to the state but hasn't committed any crimes.
View ArticleSenate confirms new WEDC chief officer
The state Senate has confirmed Gov. Scott Walker's decision to appoint a campaign donor to lead his troubled economic development agency.
View ArticleS&S Cycle plans to expand in La Crosse, Viola
A western Wisconsin motorcycle engine and parts manufacturer is looking for state and local help to expand its operations and add about 100 jobs.
View ArticlePush for changes at economic development agency grows (UPDATE)
The push to overhaul Wisconsin's beleaguered economic development agency is growing, with Republican legislative leaders saying they are open to change as Democrats on Thursday proposed making it a...
View ArticleWEDC may have awarded tax credits without authorization
A newspaper is reporting that Gov. Scott Walker's troubled economic development agency may have awarded $21 million in tax credits to companies it wasn't' authorized to give out.
View ArticleEmbattled jobs agency hires 6th CFO in 4 years
Wisconsin's embattled economic development agency has hired its sixth chief financial officer in just over four years.
View ArticleView from around the state: Don’t dismantle WEDC — but fix it
Changes can be made within the current WEDC structure to ensure that the agency can do its job properly and with appropriate oversight. Dismantling another agency is not required. But changes are — and...
View ArticleView from around the state: WEDC doesn’t need rebranding, it needs an overhaul
W-E-D-C. For a lot of Wisconsin taxpayers, those letters stand for one thing and one thing only: I-N-E-P-T-I-T-U-D-E.
View ArticleWalker says he supports WEDC fraud bill
Gov. Scott Walker says he supports a bipartisan bill that would make providing fraudulent information to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. a crime.
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